SUMMARY: Memory speeds continue to increase as the need for more bandwidth is required for all of todays games and applications. Mushkin not to be left behind has kept pace with the likes of Corsair, Geil and OCZ with their own PC3500 DDR SDRAM. Is the extra cost of Mushkin memory worth it? Read on as Cameron "Sov" Johnson gives us the answer.
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz (Supplied by Spectrum Communications) Motherboard: Gigabyte SINXP1394 (Supplied by Gigabyte) Hard Disk: Western Digital WD80 7200RPM (Supplied by Techbuy) Graphics Card: ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (Supplied by ATI) Software Used: Sisoft Sandra 2003, 3DMark2001SE, 3DMark03, PCMark2002 and UT 2003
Sandra 2003
SiSoft Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) 2001 is a synthetic windows benchmark that features different tests used to evaluate different PC subsystems.
The results pretty much speak for themselves. OCZ is able to take a lead over Mushkins but only slightly. On the other hand, Mushkin is able to take second place.
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